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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1914
Page
2
Easter Monday April 13 to April VI at the Local Hall and Grounds Jennapullin aiding Catholic Church Building Fund Officials list events and prizes. Headlines include horse races pedestrians trots hurdles novelty races and footraces with entry ages and trophy values. Entries close with local officials and committee members.
Acting under mortgagee orders, a public sale will be held at the Shamrock Hotel Northam on Saturday March 28 at 3 o clock sharp. Properties include Northam Town Lot 43 FitzGerald Street and Northam Town Lot 18 near Duke and Chidlow streets with roads, perches, and links. Full particulars from Mr Pearson Lyon solicitor or auctioneer. C A Watts & Co Auctioneer. Wheat and sheep lands sale planned for Saturday April 18.
Tenders addressed to the Chair invited until 5 pm Friday April 3 191 for works across East North West and South Wards. Tasks include gravelling forming clearing and stone invert construction on Patterson siding Jennapullin Grass Valley Meenaar Meckering Dudley Jurendine Grass Valley Meenaar O Neill s Chitbin Swamp Goomalling Irishtown Katrine Spencer s Brook Guilford Burn s Street and Northam routes with varying chain lengths. Further details from Board Supervisor Northam. No tender guaranteed. J W Smytie Secretary March 2 191
The Anmia Meeting of the Kate pavere of the Northam Road Board Mstrict will be held at the Office of the Board Fitzgerald Street Northam on Saturday the fourth day of April at 3 p.m. J. M. Carroll Chairman.
Classified notices offer three good farm hands capable of driving cultivator and drill by W. Potter and Co Northam. Advert for 400 to 200 breeding ewes to lamb end May with price and mating details to Jeffrey and Sons Newie Northam P.O. Also a woman seeks year round farm work with two lads, via M.W. This Office. Sunday events list Knights drill cadets, Holiness meeting led by Lieut Henstridge, captain Smartt address, praise and Salvation meetings with religious topics and speakers Harrison and Barndow.
Watts and Co announce a sale of valuable Northam town lots this issue. The sale takes place on Saturday March 19. For details refer to the advertising columns. A creditors meeting for Jas H Forward of Goomaling is set for April 1 at 4 p.m. at W E Courthope’s office to review the balance sheet. Velbene School invites tenders by noon April 7 with details from Merredin, Kellerberrin and Northam court houses. Goomalling Road Board to hold its annual ratepayers meeting on Saturday April 4 at 4 p.m. at the board office.
Full programme for Easter Monday events at Jennapullin Hall and grounds features sports, a bazaar across several evenings, and a concluding ball at the Agricultural Hall to support the Roman Catholic Church building fund. Also listed are Bolgart-Wyening Wheat Lands sales near Yalgering with 60 acres and ample water, a later 7 acre site, and notes on road board finance, level crossings, and local committees affecting Northam’s district plans.
Notice for annual elections of board members and auditor on Wednesday April 1 1914 nominees retire and may seek re election nominations due by 6 pm Referendum on Whit Sunday recreation grounds by order Rossiter secretary also rate payers meeting in Goomalling road board district chaired by Slater date/time details partially legible to be confirmed
The Tued ay Stock and Trading Company announces a major horse sale at 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday March 1. Over 100 horses of all classes will be offered, providing settlers a direct chance to acquire good stock. Also noted are upcoming racing matches between Casserly and Sorrell, with Casserly training well at Avon Hall. Northain Brassfield discusses forming a town band, and Amalgamated Insurance Limited registers in Melbourne with plans to open offices in each state. Kidson and Forbes expand practice to Northam and Perth offices.
Notice states a creditors meeting for Tames Tenry Forward of Goomalling under the Bankruptcy Act will be held at the office of WEG Courthope, solicitor, Goomalling, on Wednesday April 1 at 3 oclock pm to consider the balance sheet and position. Also a separate meeting to discuss forming a brass band in Northam on April 1 at the Town Hall Supper Room, presided by Mayor C A Bernard, with ladies invited.
A Tuesday fire in Northam destroyed a confectionery shop run by Mrs Dawson and extended into Mr. W. H. Foreman's grocery next door. Fire brigade of eight men under Foreman Caddy contained the blaze after about 415 pm, with significant damage to Foreman’s stock valued around £200 and Dawson’s insured stock at £100. The building, owned by Mrs. Viamond, was uninsured.
A long obituary notes the death of Mr. T Watson at 39 years, after a rapid decline from illness following travel from Coolgardie. The service was in Northam with a largely local gathering, funeral arrangements by J. W. Purslowe, and interment in the Presbyterian cemetery. Wreaths and attendees include many engineers, officials, and townspeople from Northam, Coolgardie, Albany, and Perth.
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